Chapter 105 Myriad Affections (I)
Word Number：310
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2025-12-23
Said: A new verse, a cup of wine; last year’s weather, last year’s pavilion. When will the setting sun dip and return? Helplessly the flowers fall away; as if I know, the swallows come back. In the small garden’s fragrant path I pace alone. In the spring of the twentieth year of Kaiyuan (732), with the house of the King of Langya established, Emperor Xuanzong summoned Li Chenghao by imperial order — but the place of the audience was not the palace; it was the Great Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang’an. Li Chenghao and Li Mi received instructions from Gao Lishi, dressed in court robes, and were to proceed to the pagoda to receive the sovereign. Along the way Li Chenghao asked Li Mi, “Brother, why does His Majesty summon me thus? I truly do not know the cause.” Li Mi smiled: “Junior brother needn’t worry; know only that all this is for good.” Li Chenghao bowed and said, “I thank you for your reassuring words.” After walking a while they arrived at the Wild Goose Pagoda: tall and cloud-piercing, austere and solemn, ringed by pines and cypresses; a breeze stirred the bells and they seemed to whisper ancient tales. Seeing Li Chenghao absorbed, Li Mi took the moment to speak of the pagoda’s old stories, and Gao Lishi, hearing him, praised his learning. Soon they saw Emperor Xuanzong with attendants standing before the tower, his expression calm and his gaze far-reaching, resplendent in imperial robes and headdress. They performed the rites. After the courtesies, Xuanzong said, “When the former national preceptor passed, the sacred sword ‘Ranjing’ (Purifying Dye) remained without an owner; I had it sealed within this pagoda.” He then pointed toward the Great Wild Goose Pagoda. Xuanzong continued: “Chenghao is skilled in the sword arts. I have thought it over: if you can
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